- Coelodes bimaculatus Macleay, W.J. 1864. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera from Port Denison. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 106-130, pl. IX [126].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC(MMUS), Bowen (as Port Denison), QLD.
Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS).Subsequent designation references:
Paulian, R. 1980. Révision taxonomique des Liparochrus Erichson, genre Australo-Mélanésien de Coléoptères Hybosoridae, Scarabaeoidea. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France ns 16: 389-433 [416].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, necrophagous, volant.
Larva: necrophagous.
Extra Ecological Information
At rotting fruit, at wallaby dung, in sclerophyllous forest.
General References
Barbero, E. & Palestrini, V. 2003. Coleoptera Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae, Scarabaeidae (Scarabaeinae and Dynastinae) collected in Australia. pp. 303-328 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. I. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 35, 565 pp. [309] (known distribution exptended to NE NSW)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |